Machine for making fringes.



G. A. MTI LLER & F. ANGER.

MACHINE FOR MAKING IRINGES. APPLICATION FILED N0v.12. 1909.

townmm PLANOGRAPI! co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

Patented 0011.24, 1911.

UNITED STATEd PATENT @FFIQE.

CARL ANTON MITLLER AND FRANZ ANGER, 0F TEPLITZ, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, AS- SIG-NORS TO THE FIRM 0F SCHUBERT & SALZE-R MASCHINENFABRIK A. G., OF CHEM- NITZ, GERMANY.

MACHINE FOR MAKING FRINGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24:, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CARL ANTON Min.- LER and FRANZ ANGER, subjects of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, and residing at Teplltz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Fringes, of whlch the following is a specification.

The present invention has reference to a new or improved machine for producing frlnges on shawls, wraps, scarfs, carpets, table and bed covers, and the like, which process is now carried out so that the fringe is made up of a plurality of loops, which are formed one after the other from a single length of thread. Our new process greatly lmproves on this obviously. slow and laborious procedure, inasmuch as here all of the fringe loops are attached to the work plece 1n a single operation, enabling the operator to easily turn out ten times as much work as with the old process, thereby greatly reducing the cost of production.

Since in the old process, the running-in of the loops into the cloth is done by hand, the work turned out must needs be of a more or less irregular appearance, one loop for instance being run-in farther or more obliquely than the succeeding one, and above all the interspaces between the several tufts will always be unequal. According to our invention the loops or tufts are run-in and spaced apart absolutely evenly with great benefit to the appearance of the finished article.

The principle of the invention consists in the employment of a plurality of rigidly held needles, having the eye at the upper, pointed end, and in the operation of placing the workpiece unto these needles and then withdrawing it again, whereby at all needles simultaneously the loops for the tufts are formed which are then knotted or otherwise dressed in the usual manner.

In order to make the invention more readily understood, we will now describe it with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 represents a front view of the machine, Fig. 2 a cross-section thereof, Fig. 3 shows an auxiliary tool, and Figs. 4:, 5, 6 and 7 represent various stages of the looping operation, the essential parts only being shown, partly in section.

To the machine frame a, in the shape of a table, is secured at the forward end a plate 5 in which are suitably secured the needles a, curved inwardly at their upper end and having the eye just below the point. We will hereinafter refer to this needle studded plate as comb.

Over the main plate of the machine travels a beam f, adjustably secured thereto by means of the wing-nut s and screw bolt 0, the latter extending through the slot (Z in the table a. A bar it, hinged at g, to the beam 7, contacts with the latter over its entire length, forming a clamp, and it can be locked in the closed position by the locking device i. At the rear of the beam f there are provided eyes, which may be closed all around as at Z, Fig. 2, or open below, as at to, Fig. 4.

Below the described parts are provided a number of cross-bars m, which carry as many bobbins a as there are needles. Into each needle is inserted the thread 0. Th s thread, as will presently be described, 1s quadrupled during the operation, a great improvement over the old practice, where always two threads are drawn through each needle in order to turn out a tuft of four strands. All the loose thread ends are then clamped between the members f and h, as shown in Fig. A. The work plece g0 1 s now placed upon the row of needles (Fig. 5) when above the cloth there are formed the loops, which owing to the inward curvature of the needles, present a bulge or eye q. The auxiliary tool, a handled and pointed rod 1", is now longitudinally inserted through all of these eyes Q and is then moyed over to the beam f, where it is secured in the stationary eyes is, Z (Fig. 6), the thread uncoiling from the spools. The dlstance between comb and beam f determines the length of the fringe tufts. Upon the cloth now being lifted off the needles, the threads 0 are correspondingly drawn out (Flg. 7 and there is now formed a tuft of four threads each at each needle, which threads are then out just above the member h. The rod 9 is withdrawn, the clamp f, h is opened, and new threads are clamped 1n by simply drawing out the thread ends dependlng from the needles, thus doing away w1th fresh threading after each cutting of the loops. The machine, therefore, allows of continuous operation, without necessitating previous cutting to size of the threads.

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a machine for making fringes, a frame; a plurality of needles secured thereon, points upward and each needle having the eye just below the point; thread clamping means adjustable toward and from said needles; an auxiliary thread holding tool; and means for temporarily securing said tool to said clamping means, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a machine for making fringes, a frame; a comb secured thereon, comprising a plate and a plurality of needles secured therein each needle being curved at the upper pointed end and having the eye just below the point; a clamping device for securing the free ends of the threads; means for adjusting said clamping device relative to said comb and for securing it in the desired position, and additional thread holding means for temporarily anchoring the thread loops to said clamping device, the parts being constructed, arranged and cooperating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CARL ANTON MULLER. FRANZ ANGER.

Witnesses:

ADoLPH FISCHER, GUSTAV FINK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

